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Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb

10 reviews

divorcemaster's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Alcohol

wickedgrumpy's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

While there were many things I enjoyed about this book, I think the thing I felt most was frustrated.  There was so much that felt like willful ignorance because things were explained well enough that I as the reader picked up on the meaning but that Fitz as the character did not and perhaps could not because they way they tried to explain things to him was not in one he could easily grasp and understand.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Pregnancy, and War

brynalexa's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.75

Wow, Robin Hobb can end a chapter! She left me reeling more times than not. Compared to the previous two Farseer books, this one moves quick! Extremely emotional, especially at the beginning and end. There was an odd twist at the end that was uncomfortable but it fits with the culture of the Six Duchies. Loved how it came together in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Genocide, Gore, Infertility, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

downtowndaly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Miscarriage

anni_swanilda's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and War

thoseoldcrows23's review

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 I can not express how much these characters have stolen my heart. This is for sure a new favorite series for me, and I'm sure my love will only grow as I move forward with the rest of the Realm of the Elderlings. That said, I am giving this one a 4 instead of a 5 because it really is absurdly long, and all though, by the end I had forgiven it all its sins, I can't pretend that there wasn't about 300 pages in the middle of it that dragged on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Vomit, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Abortion

talonsontypewriters's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Alcohol, War, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Child death, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Vomit, Abortion, and Death of parent

plume_de_renarde's review

adventurous emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Miscarriage, and Alcohol

kaziaroo's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Transphobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, and Outing